Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai; Mr. Park Sang-Silk, Minister Consular of South Korea to Vietnam; the leaders of the ministries, central agencies, EVN BOM Chairman Duong Quang Thanh, EVN President and CEO Dang Hoang An, representatives of local authorities; the contractors attended the ceremony...
Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai and other delegates pressing the button for commercial operation of the Mong Duong Thermal Power Plant.
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EVN Chairman Duong Quang Thanh:
" Mong Duong 1 Thermal Power Plant “ put into operation will increase significantly total capacity of the power system, contributing to enhance safety and stability, meet the power demand for socio-economic development of the key economic region of North-Eastern Vietnam, in general and Quang Ninh province, in particular.
Especially, this power plant made Quang Ninh become the biggest thermal power center with capacity accounting for 18% of the total power capacity of the country."
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This plant is constructed with the leading state-of-the-art technology in the world, using the Circulating Fluidizing-Bed Boiler (CFB) and largest capacity in Vietnam up to present time/ now (1080MW)., said EVNGENCO3 Chairman Nguyen Van Le.
After 4 years of construction, more than 6,000 officers, engineers, workers and experts have completed Mong Duong 1 Thermal Power Plant, one of the urgent projects listed in National Power Development Program for the period 2011-2020 with vision to 2030 (Power Master Plan VII) under Decision No. 1208/QDTTg, dated 21 July 2011.
Accordingly, Unit No.1 was officially synchronized to the national grid for the first time on 6 January 2015, commercially operated on 10 October 2015. Unit No. 2 was officially synchronized to the national grid for the first time of 22 May 2015, commercially operated on 31 December 2015.
At the ceremony, Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai requested EVNGENCO3 and Mong Duong Thermal Power Plant Company to operate the power plant safely and efficiently, and ensure to comply with environmental requirements. That is the direction made at the Ceremony for Commercial Operation of Mong Duong 1 Thermal Power Plant.
Putting two units of Mong Duong 1 Thermal Power Plant into operation not only contributes greatly to ensuring power supply to the power system, especially in the unfavorable hydrological situation of the reservoirs of Central and Highland of Vietnam, but also to reducing emitted/ emission NOx amount causing green house effect and taking advantage of low quality anthracite coal in Vietnam by applying CFB technology.
Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai awarding the Prime Minister's Certificate of Merit for individuals and groups
Deputy Prime Minister directed that the completion of the project is just the first step. In the next stage, EVNGENCO 3, Mong Duong Thermal Power company needs to operate the power plant in a safe and efficient manner, ensuring the return on investment (ROI) and meeting environmental requirements.
At the ceremony, 2 groups and individuals have been awarded the Prime Minister's Certificates of Merit, 13 groups and individuals were awarded Certificates of Merit of the Ministry of Industry Trade for their outstanding achievements in the construction of Mong Duong 1 Thermal Power Plant.
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Mong Duong 1 Thermal Power Plant:
The Owner: EVNGENCO3
Represented for Owner: Thermal Power Project Management Unit No. 1
Total investment: VND 37.4 trillion (equivalent to USD 1.769 billion)
Total capacity of 2x540 MW (2 units).
The first EVN power plant to apply CFB technology.
Power output: approximately 6.5 billion kWh/year.
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